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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. CON. RES. 37 

Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government 

for fiscal year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels 

for fiscal years 2014 through 2022. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 29, 2012 

Mr. TOOMEY (for himself, Mr. VITTER, Mr. LEE, Mr. DEMINT, Mr. COBURN, 

Mr. BURR, Mr. KYL, and Mr. RISCH) submitted the following concurrent 

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States 

Government for fiscal year 2013, and setting forth the 

appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2014 

through 2022. 

1 Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 

2 concurring), 

3 SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET 

4 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013. 

5 (a) DECLARATION.—Congress declares that this reso6 lution is the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 

7 year 2013 and that this resolution sets forth the appro8 priate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2014 through 2022. 


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1 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

2 this concurrent resolution is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2013. 

TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 

Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts. 

Sec. 102. Social Security. 

Sec. 103. Postal Service discretionary administrative expenses. 

Sec. 104. Major functional categories. 

TITLE II—RESERVE FUNDS 

Sec. 201. Deficit-reduction reserve fund for improper payments. 

TITLE III—BUDGET PROCESS 

Subtitle A—Budget Enforcement 

Sec. 301. Discretionary spending limits for fiscal years 2013 through 2022. 

Sec. 302. Point of order against advance appropriations. 

Sec. 303. Emergency legislation. 

Sec. 304. Adjustments for the extension of certain current policies. 

Sec. 305. Budgetary treatment of certain discretionary administrative expenses. 

Sec. 306. Application and effect of changes in allocations and aggregates. 

Sec. 307. Adjustments to reflect changes in concepts and definitions. 

Sec. 308. Exercise of rulemaking powers. 

3 TITLE I—RECOMMENDED 

4 LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 

5 SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS. 

6 The following budgetary levels are appropriate for 

7 each of fiscal years 2013 through 2022: 

8 (1) FEDERAL REVENUES.—For purposes of the 

9 enforcement of this resolution: 

10 (A) The recommended levels of Federal 

11 revenues are as follows: 

12 Fiscal year 2013: $2,060,819,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2014: $2,222,217,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2015: $2,462,866,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2016: $2,651,643,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2017: $2,812,231,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2018: $2,947,218,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2019: $3,089,164,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2020: $3,244,913,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2021: $3,407,296,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2022: $3,575,255,000,000. 

8 (B) The amounts by which the aggregate 

9 levels of Federal revenues should be changed 

10 are as follows: 

11 Fiscal year 2013: –$232,519,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2014: –$328,967,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2015: –$353,418,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2016: –$364,462,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2017: –$382,107,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2018: –$405,071,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2019: –$429,409,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2020: –$463,107,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2021: –$499,656,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2022: –$540,226,000,000. 

21 (2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes 

22 of the enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate 

23 levels of total new budget authority are as follows: 

24 Fiscal year 2013: $2,843,410,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2014: $2,740,320,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2015: $2,759,701,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2016: $2,864,230,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2017: $2,939,983,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2018: $3,016,732,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2019: $3,164,003,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2020: $3,285,545,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2021: $3,393,042,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2022: $3,561,218,000,000. 

9 (3) BUDGET OUTLAYS.—For purposes of the 

10 enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels 

11 of total budget outlays are as follows: 

12 Fiscal year 2013: $2,883,512,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2014: $2,759,155,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2015: $2,755,846,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2016: $2,860,688,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2017: $2,920,044,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2018: $2,995,110,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2019: $3,133,308,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2020: $3,240,510,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2021: $3,361,584,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2022: $3,529,438,000,000. 

22 (4) DEFICITS (ON-BUDGET).—For purposes of 

23 the enforcement of this resolution, the amounts of 

24 the deficits are as follows: 

25 Fiscal year 2013: $822,692,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2014: $536,938,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2015: $292,980,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2016: $209,045,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2017: $107,812,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2018: $47,892,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2019: $44,144,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2020: –$4,403,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2021: –$45,712,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2022: –$45,817,000,000. 

10 (5) PUBLIC DEBT.—Pursuant to section 

11 301(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 

12 the appropriate levels of the public debt are as fol13 lows: 

14 Fiscal year 2013: $16,899,735,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2014: $17,623,701,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2015: $18,107,497,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2016: $18,496,863,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2017: $18,791,789,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2018: $19,055,263,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2019: $19,364,135,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2020: $19,655,060,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2021: $19,829,669,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2022: $20,012,601,000,000. 

24 (6) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The appro25 priate levels of debt held by the public are as follows: 


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1 Fiscal year 2013: $12,263,719,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2014: $12,888,838,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2015: $13,276,755,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2016: $13,567,838,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2017: $13,754,302,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2018: $13,878,371,000,000. 

7 Fiscal year 2019: $14,000,008,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2020: $14,081,861,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2021: $14,055,939,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2022: $14,049,329,000,000. 

11 SEC. 102. SOCIAL SECURITY. 

12 (a) SOCIAL SECURITY REVENUES.—For purposes of 

13 Senate enforcement under sections 302 and 311 of the 

14 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the amounts of reve15 nues of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 

16 Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust 

17 Fund are as follows: 

18 Fiscal year 2013: $675,120,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2014: $731,427,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2015: $772,640,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2016: $821,698,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2017: $872,014,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2018: $919,303,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2019: $965,008,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2020: $1,010,593,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2021: $1,055,547,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2022: $1,102,093,000,000. 

3 (b) SOCIAL SECURITY OUTLAYS.—For purposes of 

4 Senate enforcement under sections 302 and 311 of the 

5 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the amounts of outlays 

6 of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 

7 Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund 

8 are as follows: 

9 Fiscal year 2013: $759,733,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2014: $824,066,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2015: $865,245,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2016: $909,347,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2017: $959,079,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2018: $1,013,231,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2019: $1,072,290,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2020: $1,136,188,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2021: $1,202,306,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2022: $1,271,585,000,000. 

19 (c) SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATIVE EX20 PENSES.—In the Senate, the amounts of new budget au21 thority and budget outlays of the Federal Old-Age and 

22 Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Dis23 ability Insurance Trust Fund for administrative expenses 

24 are as follows: 

25 Fiscal year 2013: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $5,767,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $5,879,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2014: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $6,005,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $6,010,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2015: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $6,075,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $6,060,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2016: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $6,100,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $6,120,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2017: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $6,120,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $6,110,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2018: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $6,140,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $6,130,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2019: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $6,150,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $6,120,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2020: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $6,170,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $6,150,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2021: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $6,190,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $6,170,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2022: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $6,230,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $6,220,000,000. 

16 SEC. 103. POSTAL SERVICE DISCRETIONARY ADMINISTRA17 TIVE EXPENSES. 

18 In the Senate, the amounts of new budget authority 

19 and budget outlays of the Postal Service for discretionary 

20 administrative expenses are as follows: 

21 Fiscal year 2013: 

22 (A) New budget authority, $260,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $260,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2014: 

25 (A) New budget authority, $260,000,000. 


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1 (B) Outlays, $260,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2015: 

3 (A) New budget authority, $260,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $260,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2016: 

6 (A) New budget authority, $260,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $260,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2017: 

9 (A) New budget authority, $260,000,000. 

10 (B) Outlays, $260,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2018: 

12 (A) New budget authority, $270,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $270,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2019: 

15 (A) New budget authority, $270,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $270,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2020: 

18 (A) New budget authority, $280,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $280,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2021: 

21 (A) New budget authority, $290,000,000. 

22 (B) Outlays, $290,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2022: 

24 (A) New budget authority, $290,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $290,000,000. 


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1 SEC. 104. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES. 

2 Congress determines and declares that the appro3 priate levels of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal 

4 years 2013 through 2022 for each major functional cat5 egory are: 

6 (1) National Defense (050): 

7 Fiscal year 2013: 

8 (A) New budget authority, 

9 $553,906,000,000. 

10 (B) Outlays, $587,915,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2014: 

12 (A) New budget authority, 

13 $564,056,000,000. 

14 (B) Outlays, $577,237,000,000. 

15 Fiscal year 2015: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $574,318,000,000. 

18 (B) Outlays, $573,792,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2016: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $585,563,000,000. 

22 (B) Outlays, $584,659,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2017: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $598,824,000,000. 

26 (B) Outlays, $590,418,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2018: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $612,080,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $605,148,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2019: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $625,346,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $618,413,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2020: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $639,645,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $629,709,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2021: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $653,946,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $641,009,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2022: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $664,275,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $653,333,000,000. 

21 (2) International Affairs (150): 

22 Fiscal year 2013: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $26,373,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $36,907,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2014: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $24,356,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $26,031,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2015: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $20,850,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $21,977,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2016: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $18,951,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $21,968,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2017: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $20,534,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $22,351,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2018: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $21,570,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $22,387,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2019: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $21,587,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $20,726,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2020: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $21,571,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $19,641,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2021: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $21,726,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $19,594,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2022: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $22,150,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $19,958,000,000. 

12 (3) General Science, Space, and Technology 

13 (250): 

14 Fiscal year 2013: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $25,020,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $27,356,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2014: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $25,200,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $26,215,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2015: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $25,150,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $25,420,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2016: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $25,210,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $25,310,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2017: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $25,180,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $25,160,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2018: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $25,130,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $25,150,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2019: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $25,250,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $25,120,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2020: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $25,120,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $25,110,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2021: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $25,110,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $25,140,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2022: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $25,120,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $25,110,000,000. 

4 (4) Energy (270): 

5 Fiscal year 2013: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $4,073,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $9,874,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2014: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $2,354,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $4,854,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2015: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $1,389,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $2,272,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2016: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $1,272,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $1,582,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2017: 

22 (A) New budget authority, $893,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $1,269,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2018: 

25 (A) New budget authority, $598,000,000. 


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1 (B) Outlays, $454,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2019: 

3 (A) New budget authority, $448,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $424,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2020: 

6 (A) New budget authority, $297,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $166,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2021: 

9 (A) New budget authority, $139,000,000. 

10 (B) Outlays, –$37,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2022: 

12 (A) New budget authority, $115,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, –$90,000,000. 

14 (5) Natural Resources and Environment (300): 

15 Fiscal year 2013: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $29,491,000,000. 

18 (B) Outlays, $33,124,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2014: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $27,246,000,000. 

22 (B) Outlays, $30,762,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2015: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $27,288,000,000. 


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1 (B) Outlays, $29,079,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2016: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $26,336,000,000. 

5 (B) Outlays, $27,547,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2017: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $26,614,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $27,433,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2018: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $27,123,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $27,235,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2019: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $27,100,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $26,990,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2020: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $27,091,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $26,965,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2021: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $26,233,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $26,415,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2022: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $25,101,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $24,779,000,000. 

5 (6) Agriculture (350): 

6 Fiscal year 2013: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $20,359,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $23,551,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2014: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $19,737,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $19,688,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2015: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $18,606,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $18,202,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2016: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $17,235,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $17,184,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2017: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $17,264,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $17,104,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2018: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $17,647,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $17,201,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2019: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $17,565,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $17,106,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2020: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $17,771,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $17,436,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2021: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $16,799,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $16,405,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2022: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $14,776,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $14,386,000,000. 

21 (7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370): 

22 Fiscal year 2013: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $3,014,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $6,719,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2014: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $7,953,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, –$1,763,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2015: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $5,163,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, ¥$5,843,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2016: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $3,169,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, –$11,077,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2017: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $3,191,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, –$12,668,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2018: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $3,069,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, –$13,522,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2019: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $2,633,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, –$19,742,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2020: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $2,416,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, –$20,586,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2021: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $1,191,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, –$14,782,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2022: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $3,373,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, –$13,896,000,000. 

12 (8) Transportation (400): 

13 Fiscal year 2013: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $83,447,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $83,477,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2014: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $83,714,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $83,714,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2015: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $73,132,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $73,132,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2016: 


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•SCON 37 IS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $74,224,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $74,224,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2017: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $75,369,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $75,369,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2018: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $75,471,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $75,471,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2019: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $75,491,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $75,491,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2020: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $76,594,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $76,594,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2021: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $76,679,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $76,679,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2022: 


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•SCON 37 IS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $77,753,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $77,753,000,000. 

4 (9) Community and Regional Development 

5 (450): 

6 Fiscal year 2013: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $10,910,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $18,067,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2014: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $11,070,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $14,760,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2015: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $11,156,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $13,652,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2016: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $11,180,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $12,140,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2017: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $11,469,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $11,305,000,000. 


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•SCON 37 IS 

1 Fiscal year 2018: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $11,373,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $11,151,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2019: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $11,328,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $11,120,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2020: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $11,213,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $11,088,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2021: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $11,209,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $11,083,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2022: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $11,094,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $11,020,000,000. 

21 (10) Education, Training, Employment, and 

22 Social Services (500): 

23 Fiscal year 2013: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $62,036,000,000. 


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•SCON 37 IS 

1 (B) Outlays, $73,744,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2014: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $54,249,000,000. 

5 (B) Outlays, $63,575,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2015: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $58,206,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $60,760,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2016: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $64,259,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $64,638,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2017: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $72,102,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $70,124,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2018: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $74,092,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $74,522,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2019: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $75,745,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $76,082,000,000. 


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•SCON 37 IS 

1 Fiscal year 2020: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $73,441,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $75,069,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2021: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $84,685,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $86,222,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2022: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $85,935,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $87,210,000,000. 

13 (11) Health (550): 

14 Fiscal year 2013: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $351,276,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $348,874,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2014: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $359,806,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $350,469,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2015: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $355,012,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $351,167,000,000. 


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•SCON 37 IS 

1 Fiscal year 2016: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $337,600,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $341,489,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2017: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $340,444,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $343,524,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2018: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $349,829,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $350,156,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2019: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $356,785,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $357,360,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2020: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $374,642,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $364,901,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2021: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $372,368,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $372,596,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2022: 


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•SCON 37 IS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $381,779,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $381,829,000,000. 

4 (12) Medicare (570): 

5 Fiscal year 2013: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $522,984,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $522,403,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2014: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $548,036,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $547,168,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2015: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $572,325,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $571,965,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2016: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $621,067,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $620,947,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2017: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $639,206,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $638,574,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2018: 


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•SCON 37 IS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $662,055,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $661,696,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2019: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $724,868,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $724,716,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2020: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $777,760,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $777,070,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2021: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $830,549,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $830,135,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2022: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $917,881,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $917,837,000,000. 

20 (13) Income Security (600): 

21 Fiscal year 2013: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $513,373,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $515,821,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2014: 


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•SCON 37 IS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $461,277,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $463,340,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2015: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $451,283,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $453,210,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2016: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $446,514,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $447,559,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2017: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $432,177,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $432,813,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2018: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $423,429,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $424,396,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2019: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $433,742,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $434,038,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2020: 


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•SCON 37 IS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $433,849,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $434,361,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2021: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $438,811,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $438,911,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2022: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $458,886,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $459,223,000,000. 

12 (14) Social Security (650): 

13 Fiscal year 2013: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $53,216,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $53,216,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2014: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $31,892,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $31,892,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2015: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $35,135,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $35,135,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2016: 


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•SCON 37 IS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $38,953,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $38,953,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2017: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $43,140,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $43,140,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2018: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $47,590,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $47,590,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2019: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $52,429,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $52,429,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2020: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $57,425,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $57,425,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2021: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $62,604,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $62,604,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2022: 


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•SCON 37 IS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $68,079,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $68,079,000,000. 

4 (15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700): 

5 Fiscal year 2013: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $134,495,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $133,755,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2014: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $136,990,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $136,084,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2015: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $139,829,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $139,039,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2016: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $148,058,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $147,074,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2017: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $146,491,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $145,327,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2018: 


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•SCON 37 IS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $144,633,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $143,406,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2019: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $153,640,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $152,378,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2020: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $157,369,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $156,086,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2021: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $161,120,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $159,802,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2022: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $171,001,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $169,302,000,000. 

20 (16) Administration of Justice (750): 

21 Fiscal year 2013: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $57,081,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $54,641,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2014: 


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•SCON 37 IS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $47,580,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $50,298,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2015: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $47,260,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $49,154,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2016: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $48,935,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $50,540,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2017: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $47,052,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $48,728,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2018: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $46,895,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $48,529,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2019: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $46,775,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $47,360,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2020: 


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•SCON 37 IS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $46,691,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $46,705,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2021: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $46,934,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $46,896,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2022: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $51,782,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $51,510,000,000. 

12 (17) General Government (800): 

13 Fiscal year 2013: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $22,220,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $22,962,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2014: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $21,995,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $22,022,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2015: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $21,710,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $21,844,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2016: 


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•SCON 37 IS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $21,490,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $21,737,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2017: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $21,037,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $21,077,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2018: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $21,163,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $21,155,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2019: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $21,284,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $21,310,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2020: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $21,297,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $21,417,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2021: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $21,403,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $21,376,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2022: 


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•SCON 37 IS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $21,500,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $21,477,000,000. 

4 (18) Net Interest (900): 

5 Fiscal year 2013: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $356,871,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $356,871,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2014: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $372,006,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $372,006,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2015: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $406,919,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $406,919,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2016: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $460,941,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $460,941,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2017: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $515,503,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $515,503,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2018: 


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•SCON 37 IS 

1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $553,551,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $553,551,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2019: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $599,832,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $599,832,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2020: 

9 (A) New budget authority, 

10 $636,232,000,000. 

11 (B) Outlays, $636,232,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2021: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $658,704,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $658,704,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2022: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $680,273,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $680,273,000,000. 

20 (19) Allowances (920): 

21 Fiscal year 2013: 

22 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

23 (B) Outlays, $0. 

24 Fiscal year 2014: 

25 (A) New budget authority, $0. 


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•SCON 37 IS 

1 (B) Outlays, $0. 

2 Fiscal year 2015: 

3 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

4 (B) Outlays, $0. 

5 Fiscal year 2016: 

6 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

7 (B) Outlays, $0. 

8 Fiscal year 2017: 

9 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

10 (B) Outlays, $0. 

11 Fiscal year 2018: 

12 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

13 (B) Outlays, $0. 

14 Fiscal year 2019: 

15 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

16 (B) Outlays, $0. 

17 Fiscal year 2020: 

18 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

19 (B) Outlays, $0. 

20 Fiscal year 2021: 

21 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

22 (B) Outlays, $0. 

23 Fiscal year 2022: 

24 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

25 (B) Outlays, $0. 


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•SCON 37 IS 

1 (20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950): 

2 Fiscal year 2013: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 ¥$76,736,000,000. 

5 (B) Outlays, ¥$76,736,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2014: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 ¥$79,197,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, ¥$79,197,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2015: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 ¥$85,031,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, ¥$85,031,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2016: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 ¥$86,726,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, ¥$86,726,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2017: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 ¥$96,507,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, ¥$96,507,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2018: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 ¥$100,566,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, ¥$100,566,000,000. 


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•SCON 37 IS 

1 Fiscal year 2019: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 ¥$107,845,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, ¥$107,845,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2020: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 ¥$114,878,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, ¥$114,878,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2021: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 ¥$117,168,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, ¥$117,168,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2022: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 ¥$119,655,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, ¥$119,655,000,000. 

17 (21) Global War on Terror and Related Activi18 ties (970): 

19 Fiscal year 2013: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $90,000,000,000. 

22 (B) Outlays, $51,000,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2014: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $20,000,000,000. 


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•SCON 37 IS 

1 (B) Outlays, $20,000,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2015: 

3 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

4 (B) Outlays, $0. 

5 Fiscal year 2016: 

6 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

7 (B) Outlays, $0. 

8 Fiscal year 2017: 

9 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

10 (B) Outlays, $0. 

11 Fiscal year 2018: 

12 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

13 (B) Outlays, $0. 

14 Fiscal year 2019: 

15 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

16 (B) Outlays, $0. 

17 Fiscal year 2020: 

18 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

19 (B) Outlays, $0. 

20 Fiscal year 2021: 

21 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

22 (B) Outlays, $0. 

23 Fiscal year 2022: 

24 (A) New budget authority, $0. 

25 (B) Outlays, $0. 


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•SCON 37 IS 

1 TITLE II—RESERVE FUNDS 

2 SEC. 201. DEFICIT-REDUCTION RESERVE FUND FOR IM3 PROPER PAYMENTS. 

4 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

5 the Senate may reduce the allocations of a committee or 

6 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels and 

7 limits in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolu8 tions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that 

9 achieve savings by eliminating or reducing improper pay10 ments and use such savings to reduce the deficit. The 

11 Chairman may also make adjustments to the Senate’s pay12 as-you-go ledger over 6 and 11 years to ensure that the 

13 deficit reduction achieved is used for deficit reduction 

14 only. The adjustments authorized under this section shall 

15 be of the amount of deficit reduction achieved. 

16 TITLE III—BUDGET PROCESS 

17 Subtitle A—Budget Enforcement 

18 SEC. 301. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS FOR FISCAL 

19 YEARS 2013 THROUGH 2022. 

20 (a) SENATE POINT OF ORDER.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro22 vided in this section, it shall not be in order in the 

23 Senate to consider any bill or joint resolution (or 

24 amendment, motion, or conference report on that bill 

25 or joint resolution) that would cause the discreVerDate Mar 15 2010 23:27 Mar 30, 2012 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\SC37.IS SC37

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•SCON 37 IS 

1 tionary spending limits other than those allocated to 

2 function 970 for war efforts overseas in this section 

3 to be exceeded. 

4 (2) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEALS.— 

5 (A) WAIVER.—This subsection may be 

6 waived or suspended in the Senate only by the 

7 affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members, 

8 duly chosen and sworn. 

9 (B) APPEALS.—Appeals in the Senate 

10 from the decisions of the Chair relating to any 

11 provision of this subsection shall be limited to 

12 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and con13 trolled by, the appellant and the manager of the 

14 bill or joint resolution. An affirmative vote of 

15 two-thirds of the Members of the Senate, duly 

16 chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain 

17 an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point 

18 of order raised under this subsection. 

19 (b) SENATE DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.—In 

20 the Senate and as used in this section, the term ‘‘discre21 tionary spending limit’’ means— 

22 (1) for fiscal year 2013, $985,469,000,000 in 

23 new budget authority and $1,118,113,000,000 in 

24 outlays; 


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•SCON 37 IS 

1 (2) for fiscal year 2014, $995,547,000,000 in 

2 new budget authority and $1,079,448,000,000 in 

3 outlays; 

4 (3) for fiscal year 2015, $1,004,921,000,000 in 

5 new budget authority and $1,053,804,000,000 in 

6 outlays; 

7 (4) for fiscal year 2016, $1,015,924,000,000 in 

8 new budget authority and $1,060,609,000,000 in 

9 outlays; 

10 (5) for fiscal year 2017, $1,030,766,000,000 in 

11 new budget authority and $1,066,221,000,000 in 

12 outlays; 

13 (6) for fiscal year 2018, $1,043,364,000,000 in 

14 new budget authority and $1,080,039,000,000 in 

15 outlays; 

16 (7) for fiscal year 2019, $1,056,286,000,000 in 

17 new budget authority and $1,091,895,000,000 in 

18 outlays; 

19 (8) for fiscal year 2020, $1,069,722,000,000 in 

20 new budget authority and $1,104,053,000,000 in 

21 outlays; 

22 (9) for fiscal year 2021, $1,085,565,000,000 in 

23 new budget authority and $1,115,780,000,000 in 

24 outlays; and 


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1 (10) for fiscal year 2022, $1,103,426,000,000 

2 in new budget authority and $1,134,954,000,000 in 

3 outlays. 

4 SEC. 302. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ADVANCE APPROPRIA5 TIONS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

7 (1) POINT OF ORDER.—Except as provided in 

8 subsection (b), it shall not be in order in the Senate 

9 to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amend10 ment, or conference report that would provide an ad11 vance appropriation. 

12 (2) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term 

13 ‘‘advance appropriation’’ means any new budget au14 thority provided in a bill or joint resolution making 

15 appropriations for fiscal year 2012 that first be16 comes available for any fiscal year after 2012, or 

17 any new budget authority provided in a bill or joint 

18 resolution making general appropriations or con19 tinuing appropriations for fiscal year 2013, that first 

20 becomes available for any fiscal year after 2013. 

21 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—Advance appropriations may be 

22 provided— 

23 (1) for fiscal years 2013 and 2014 for pro24 grams, projects, activities, or accounts identified in 

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1 panying this resolution under the heading ‘‘Accounts 

2 Identified for Advance Appropriations’’ in an aggre3 gate amount not to exceed $28,500,000,000 in new 

4 budget authority in each year; and 

5 (2) for the Department of Veterans Affairs for 

6 the Medical Services, Medical Support and Compli7 ance, and Medical Facilities accounts of the Vet8 erans Health Administration. 

9 (c) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.— 

10 (1) WAIVER.—In the Senate, subsection (a) 

11 may be waived or suspended only by an affirmative 

12 vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and 

13 sworn. 

14 (2) APPEAL.—An affirmative vote of three15 fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and 

16 sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of the 

17 ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under 

18 subsection (a). 

19 (d) FORM OF POINT OF ORDER.—A point of order 

20 under subsection (a) may be raised by a Senator as pro21 vided in section 313(e) of the Congressional Budget Act 

22 of 1974. 

23 (e) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—When the Senate is 

24 considering a conference report on, or an amendment be25 tween the Houses in relation to, a bill, upon a point of 


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1 order being made by any Senator pursuant to this section, 

2 and such point of order being sustained, such material 

3 contained in such conference report shall be deemed 

4 stricken, and the Senate shall proceed to consider the 

5 question of whether the Senate shall recede from its 

6 amendment and concur with a further amendment, or con7 cur in the House amendment with a further amendment, 

8 as the case may be, which further amendment shall consist 

9 of only that portion of the conference report or House 

10 amendment, as the case may be, not so stricken. Any such 

11 motion in the Senate shall be debatable. In any case in 

12 which such point of order is sustained against a conference 

13 report (or Senate amendment derived from such con14 ference report by operation of this subsection), no further 

15 amendment shall be in order. 

16 (f) INAPPLICABILITY.—In the Senate, section 402 of 

17 S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress) shall no longer apply. 

18 SEC. 303. EMERGENCY LEGISLATION. 

19 (a) AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE.—In the Senate, 

20 with respect to a provision of direct spending or receipts 

21 legislation or appropriations for discretionary accounts 

22 that Congress designates as an emergency requirement in 

23 such measure, the amounts of new budget authority, out24 lays, and receipts in all fiscal years resulting from that 


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1 provision shall be treated as an emergency requirement 

2 for the purpose of this section. 

3 (b) EXEMPTION OF EMERGENCY PROVISIONS.—Any 

4 new budget authority, outlays, and receipts resulting from 

5 any provision designated as an emergency requirement, 

6 pursuant to this section, in any bill, joint resolution, 

7 amendment, or conference report shall not count for pur8 poses of sections 302 and 311 of the Congressional Budg9 et Act of 1974, section 201 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th 

10 Congress) (relating to pay-as-you-go), section 311 of S. 

11 Con. Res. 70 (110th Congress) (relating to long-term defi12 cits), and section 404 of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress) 

13 (relating to short-term deficits), and section 301 of this 

14 resolution (relating to discretionary spending). Designated 

15 emergency provisions shall not count for the purpose of 

16 revising allocations, aggregates, or other levels pursuant 

17 to procedures established under section 301(b)(7) of the 

18 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for deficit-neutral re19 serve funds and revising discretionary spending limits set 

20 pursuant to section 301 of this resolution. 

21 (c) DESIGNATIONS.—If a provision of legislation is 

22 designated as an emergency requirement under this sec23 tion, the committee report and any statement of managers 

24 accompanying that legislation shall include an explanation 


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1 of the manner in which the provision meets the criteria 

2 in subsection (f). 

3 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘direct 

4 spending’’, ‘‘receipts’’, and ‘‘appropriations for discre5 tionary accounts’’ mean any provision of a bill, joint reso6 lution, amendment, motion, or conference report that af7 fects direct spending, receipts, or appropriations as those 

8 terms have been defined and interpreted for purposes of 

9 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

10 of 1985. 

11 (e) POINT OF ORDER.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—When the Senate is consid13 ering a bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or con14 ference report, if a point of order is made by a Sen15 ator against an emergency designation in that meas16 ure, that provision making such a designation shall 

17 be stricken from the measure and may not be of18 fered as an amendment from the floor. 

19 (2) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEALS.— 

20 (A) WAIVER.—Paragraph (1) may be 

21 waived or suspended in the Senate only by an 

22 affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, 

23 duly chosen and sworn. 

24 (B) APPEALS.—Appeals in the Senate 

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1 provision of this subsection shall be limited to 

2 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and con3 trolled by, the appellant and the manager of the 

4 bill or joint resolution, as the case may be. An 

5 affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members 

6 of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be 

7 required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of 

8 the Chair on a point of order raised under this 

9 subsection. 

10 (3) DEFINITION OF AN EMERGENCY DESIGNA11 TION.—For purposes of paragraph (1), a provision 

12 shall be considered an emergency designation if it 

13 designates any item as an emergency requirement 

14 pursuant to this subsection. 

15 (4) FORM OF THE POINT OF ORDER.—A point 

16 of order under paragraph (1) may be raised by a 

17 Senator as provided in section 313(e) of the Con18 gressional Budget Act of 1974. 

19 (5) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—When the Senate 

20 is considering a conference report on, or an amend21 ment between the Houses in relation to, a bill, upon 

22 a point of order being made by any Senator pursu23 ant to this section, and such point of order being 

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1 Senate shall proceed to consider the question of 

2 whether the Senate shall recede from its amendment 

3 and concur with a further amendment, or concur in 

4 the House amendment with a further amendment, 

5 as the case may be, which further amendment shall 

6 consist of only that portion of the conference report 

7 or House amendment, as the case may be, not so 

8 stricken. Any such motion in the Senate shall be de9 batable. In any case in which such point of order is 

10 sustained against a conference report (or Senate 

11 amendment derived from such conference report by 

12 operation of this subsection), no further amendment 

13 shall be in order. 

14 (f) CRITERIA.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this section, 

16 any provision is an emergency requirement if the sit17 uation addressed by such provision is— 

18 (A) necessary, essential, or vital (not mere19 ly useful or beneficial); 

20 (B) sudden, quickly coming into being, and 

21 not building up over time; 

22 (C) an urgent, pressing, and compelling 

23 need requiring immediate action; 

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1 (E) not permanent, temporary in nature. 

2 (2) UNFORESEEN.—An emergency that is part 

3 of an aggregate level of anticipated emergencies, 

4 particularly when normally estimated in advance, is 

5 not unforeseen. 

6 (g) INAPPLICABILITY.—In the Senate, section 403 of 

7 S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent resolu8 tion on the budget for fiscal year 2010, shall no longer 

9 apply. 

10 SEC. 304. ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE EXTENSION OF CERTAIN 

11 CURRENT POLICIES. 

12 (a) ADJUSTMENT.—For the purposes of determining 

13 points of order specified in subsection (b), the Chairman 

14 of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may adjust 

15 the estimate of the budgetary effects of a bill, joint resolu16 tion, amendment, motion, or conference report that con17 tains one or more provisions meeting the criteria of sub18 section (c) to exclude the amounts of qualifying budgetary 

19 effects. 

20 (b) COVERED POINTS OF ORDER.—The Chairman of 

21 the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may make 

22 adjustments pursuant to this section for the following 

23 points of order only: 

24 (1) Section 201 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Con25 gress) (relating to pay-as-you-go). 


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1 (2) Section 311 of S. Con. Res. 70 (110th Con2 gress) (relating to long-term deficits). 

3 (3) Section 404 of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Con4 gress) (relating to short-term deficits). 

5 (c) QUALIFYING LEGISLATION.—The Chairman of 

6 the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may make 

7 adjustments authorized under subsection (a) for legisla8 tion containing provisions that— 

9 (1) amend or supersede the system for updating 

10 payments made under subsections 1848 (d) and (f) 

11 of the Social Security Act, consistent with section 

12 7(c) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 

13 (Public Law 111–139); 

14 (2) amend the Estate and Gift Tax under sub15 title B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, con16 sistent with section 7(d) of the Statutory Pay-As17 You-Go Act of 2010; 

18 (3) extend relief from the Alternative Minimum 

19 Tax for individuals under sections 55–59 of the In20 ternal Revenue Code of 1986, consistent with section 

21 7(e) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010; 

22 and 

23 (4) extend middle-class tax cuts made in the 

24 Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act 

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1 Growth Tax Relief and Reconciliation Act of 2003 

2 (Public Law 108–27), consistent with section 7(f) of 

3 the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. 

4 (d) LIMITATION.—The Chairman shall make any ad5 justments pursuant to this section in a manner consistent 

6 with the limitations described in sections 4(c) and 7(h) 

7 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (Public Law 

8 111–139). 

9 (e) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this section, 

10 the terms ‘‘budgetary effects’’ or ‘‘effects’’ mean the 

11 amount by which a provision changes direct spending or 

12 revenues relative to the baseline. 

13 (f) SUNSET.—This section shall expire on December 

14 31, 2011. 

15 SEC. 305. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF CERTAIN DISCRE16 TIONARY ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. 

17 In the Senate, notwithstanding section 302(a)(1) of 

18 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, section 13301 of 

19 the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, and section 2009a 

20 of title 39, United States Code, the joint explanatory 

21 statement accompanying the conference report on any con22 current resolution on the budget shall include in its alloca23 tions under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget 

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1 for the discretionary administrative expenses of the Social 

2 Security Administration and of the Postal Service. 

3 SEC. 306. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLO4 CATIONS AND AGGREGATES. 

5 (a) APPLICATION.—Any adjustments of allocations 

6 and aggregates made pursuant to this resolution shall— 

7 (1) apply while that measure is under consider8 ation; 

9 (2) take effect upon the enactment of that 

10 measure; and 

11 (3) be published in the Congressional Record as 

12 soon as practicable. 

13 (b) EFFECT OF CHANGED ALLOCATIONS AND AG14 GREGATES.—Revised allocations and aggregates resulting 

15 from these adjustments shall be considered for the pur16 poses of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as alloca17 tions and aggregates contained in this resolution. 

18 (c) BUDGET COMMITTEE DETERMINATIONS.—For 

19 purposes of this resolution the levels of new budget au20 thority, outlays, direct spending, new entitlement author21 ity, revenues, deficits, and surpluses for a fiscal year or 

22 period of fiscal years shall be determined on the basis of 

23 estimates made by the Committee on the Budget of the 

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1 SEC. 307. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CON2 CEPTS AND DEFINITIONS. 

3 Upon the enactment of a bill or joint resolution pro4 viding for a change in concepts or definitions, the Chair5 man of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may 

6 make adjustments to the levels and allocations in this res7 olution in accordance with section 251(b) of the Balanced 

8 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (as 

9 in effect prior to September 30, 2002). 

10 SEC. 308. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS. 

11 Congress adopts the provisions of this title— 

12 (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 

13 the Senate, and as such they shall be considered as 

14 part of the rules of the Senate and such rules shall 

15 supersede other rules only to the extent that they 

16 are inconsistent with such other rules; and 

17 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

18 right of the Senate to change those rules at any 

19 time, in the same manner, and to the same extent 

20 as is the case of any other rule of the Senate. 

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